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Untangling Jurisdiction And Contract Scope Issues Within Intellectual Property Licenses, Brandon Beam Jan 2012

Untangling Jurisdiction And Contract Scope Issues Within Intellectual Property Licenses, Brandon Beam

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Copyright license cases pose difficult issues regarding the mixture of federal copyright law and state contract law for courts and commentators alike. Specifically, a split exists over which cases "arise under" federal copyright law. This complication is compounded by the difficulty in predicting federal preemption of state contract law.

In an effort to stabilize these complications, this comment recommends an approach of split sovereignty that would empower different systems to control the areas they are designated to regulate. In particular, the author suggests that procedural issues in copyright license cases should be clarified by (1) governing exclusive federal jurisdiction under …


Intellectual Property Piracy: Perception And Reality In China, The United States, And Elsewhere, Aaron Schwabach Apr 2008

Intellectual Property Piracy: Perception And Reality In China, The United States, And Elsewhere, Aaron Schwabach

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